Cassia - Senna pendula

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South America. Cultivated as a garden ornamental. Cassia is a weed of waterways, gardens, disturbed sites, waste areas, roadsides, closed forests, forest margins and urban bushland in tropical, sub-tropical and warmer temperate regions. It is regarded as a significant environmental and noxious weed. It is a straggly woody plant that grows to 2-4 m. The leaves are opposite and have rounded tips. It flowers in late summer with a show of bright yellow flowers. The seeds come in long bean-like seed pods. They are quite hardy, surviving for several years, and are easily spread by soil dispersal (gardening or roadworks) and by birds and animals. Young plants can be fairly easily be pulled out. Larger plants with thick or multiple stems will need to be cut and painted with poison. Not essential. Growth from seeds is slow

Origin: South America. Cultivated as a garden ornamental. Behaviour: Cassia is a weed of waterways, gardens, disturbed sites, waste areas, roadsides, closed forests, forest margins and urban bushland in tropical, sub-tropical and warmer temperate regions. It is regarded as a significant environmental and noxious weed. Description: It is a straggly woody plant that grows to 2-4 m. The leaves are opposite and have rounded tips. It flowers in late summer with a show of bright yellow flowers. Dispersal: The seeds come in long bean-like seed pods. They are quite hardy, surviving for several years, and are easily spread by soil dispersal (gardening or roadworks) and by birds and animals. Removal: Young plants can be fairly easily be pulled out. Larger plants with thick or multiple stems will need to be cut and painted with poison. Follow-up: Not essential. Growth from seeds is slow